Police needed warrant to search arrestee’s cellphone 
Published: May 21, 2013
Tags: cellphone, Fourth Amendment, search and seizure, search incident to arrest
Police needed a warrant to search the contents of a cellphone seized from a defendant arrested for suspected drug dealing, the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in reversing a conviction.
SEARCH AND SEIZURE
Published: May 20, 2013
Tags: consent search, Fourth Amendment, Georgia v. Randolph, search and seizure, U.S. Supreme Court
Must a tenant who previously objected to a warrantless search of an apartment be personally present and objecting to prevent a search when police officers later ask a co-tenant for consent to search?
Justices to decide if co-tenant’s consent to search overrides prior objection
Published: May 20, 2013
Tags: consent search, Fourth Amendment, Georgia v. Randolph, search and seizure, U.S. Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether a tenant who previously objected to a warrantless search of an apartment must be personally present and objecting to prevent a search when police officers later ask a co-tenant for consent to search.
Probation term allowed search of girlfriend’s purse
Published: May 16, 2013
Tags: Fourth Amendment, probation, search and seizure
Police conducting a probation search of an apartment could examine the contents of a purse belonging to the probationer’s girlfriend, the California Court of Appeal has ruled in affirming a drug conviction.
Police needed warrant to search arrestee’s cellphone
Published: May 6, 2013
Tags: cellphone, Fourth Amendment, search and seizure, warrantless search
Police were required to obtain a search warrant before examining the contents of an arrestee’s cellphone, the Florida Supreme Court has ruled in reversing a robbery conviction.
Hidden camera could be used to convict sexual predator
Published: April 30, 2013
Tags: child sex abuse, hidden cameras, Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act, search and seizure, Wiretap Act, wiretapping
The federal wiretap state did not bar the introduction of audio video recordings that a relative secretly made of a sex abuse defendant’s behavior with his disabled granddaughter, Massachusetts’ highest court has ruled in affirming the denial of a motion to suppress.
Police could use ‘flash-bang’ device to execute warrant
Published: April 29, 2013
Tags: flash-bang grenade, Fourth Amendment, knock-and-announce, search and seizure
Police didn’t violate the Fourth Amendment when they used a “flash-bang” device during the course of executing a “knock-and-announce” search warrant, the New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled in reversing judgment.
Search of parolee’s vehicle unconstitutional
Published: April 26, 2013
Tags: Fourth Amendment, parole, search and seizure
Police could not rely on a search condition in a parole agreement to conduct a suspicionless search of a parolee’s motel room and vehicle, the Iowa Supreme Court has ruled in reversing a drug conviction.
Benchmarks: Flash-bang okay with knock-and-announce
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: April 25, 2013
Tags: flash-bang grenade, Fourth Amendment, knock-and-announce, search and seizure
The New Jersey Supreme Court this week declined to adopt a blanket rule that would bar police from using flash-bang devices in the execution of “knock-and-announce” search warrants.
Bullet in plain view justified vehicle search
Published: April 23, 2013
Tags: Fourth Amendment, plain view doctrine, protective sweep, search and seizure
Police officers were justified in conducting a protective search of the occupants of an automobile when they observed a single bullet on the center console of the vehicle, the Illinois Supreme Court has ruled in reversing a suppression order.
